Grethe Schmidt Andersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4166403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grethe Schmidt Andersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Grethe Schmidt |
| FAMILY NAME | Andersen |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSEN G S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Renhed og urenhed i singhalesisk folkereligion
The article introduces notions of ritual impurity in Sinhalese culture and examines why conditions of impurity specially influence certain lower local gods and demons. The Sinhalese pantheon is based on a principle of hierarchy, with an opposition of high and low that corresponds to notions of purity and impurity determined by the ultimate Buddhist goal - the attainment of Nirvana. Two ritually important concepts of impurity and pollution are int…
Kvinder og andre dæmoner - Singhalesiske kvindebilleder i myter og ritualer
Singhalese Buddhism in it popular form associates female identity and the life-threatening forces symbolized as demons. Demons (yakku) are low and polluted beings, persecuting humans, and placed beneath the gods and Buddha in the lower part of the hierarchical pantheon of the Sinhalese. This article is concerned with the aspects of the demonic in its relationship to female identity, whose core in cultural definition is the female reproduction pot…
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Kvinder og andre dæmoner - Singhalesiske kvindebilleder i myter og ritualer
Singhalese Buddhism in it popular form associates female identity and the life-threatening forces symbolized as demons. Demons (yakku) are low and polluted beings, persecuting humans, and placed beneath the gods and Buddha in the lower part of the hierarchical pantheon of the Sinhalese. This article is concerned with the aspects of the demonic in its relationship to female identity, whose core in cultural definition is the female reproduction pot…
Renhed og urenhed i singhalesisk folkereligion
The article introduces notions of ritual impurity in Sinhalese culture and examines why conditions of impurity specially influence certain lower local gods and demons. The Sinhalese pantheon is based on a principle of hierarchy, with an opposition of high and low that corresponds to notions of purity and impurity determined by the ultimate Buddhist goal - the attainment of Nirvana. Two ritually important concepts of impurity and pollution are int…
Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (1 works) · Buddhism (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Demography (1 works)